[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1095 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1095

To require airports to screen all individuals with access to the secure 
                   areas of an airport upon arrival.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 12, 2007

  Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To require airports to screen all individuals with access to the secure 
                   areas of an airport upon arrival.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Airport Security Enhancement Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. AIRPORT EMPLOYEE AND CONTRACTOR SCREENING.

    (a) Screening Air Carrier Employees.--Section 44901 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, air carrier 
        employees,'' after ``passengers''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``, air carrier 
        employees,'' after ``passengers''.
    (b) Screening Employees With Access to Secured Areas.--Section 
44903(h)(4)(A) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
``(including airport and air carrier employees, contractors, and 
vendors)'' after ``individuals''.

SEC. 3. AIRPORT SCREENING PLANS.

    Section 44903(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) Airport screening plans.--
                    ``(A) Large hub airports.--Not later than 180 days 
                after the date of the enactment of the Airport Security 
                Enhancement Act of 2007, the head of each large hub 
                airport shall submit a plan for comprehensive screening 
                of all individuals entering the secure area of such 
                airport to the Administrator of the Transportation 
                Security Administration.
                    ``(B) Medium hub airports.--Not later than 
                September 30, 2008, the head of each medium hub airport 
                shall submit a plan for comprehensive screening of all 
                individuals entering the secure area of such airport to 
                the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
                Administration.
                    ``(C) Small hub airports.--Not later than September 
                30, 2009, the head of each small hub airport shall 
                submit a plan for comprehensive screening of all 
                individuals entering the secure area of such airport to 
                the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
                Administration.
                    ``(D) Nonhub airports.--Not later than September 
                30, 2010, the head of each nonhub airport shall submit 
                a plan for comprehensive screening of all individuals 
                entering the secure area of such airport to the 
                Administrator of the Transportation Security 
                Administration.
                    ``(E) Implementation of plans.--Not later than 60 
                days after the submission of a comprehensive screening 
                plan for an airport under this paragraph, the plan 
                shall be implemented at such airport.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
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